Freedom of Medway to be conferred upon the Royal Engineers
Posted by Alan Collins on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 12:13

Medway Council voted unanimously to confer the “honorary freedom of the borough” on the Royal Engineers, at a special meeting last Thursday.

The freedom of the borough is the highest honour a Council can give and all but two of the 55 Medway Councillors were present and voted for the motion, which read:

In pursuance of the power vested in it by virtue of section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Council confers the honorary freedom of the borough on the Corps of Royal Engineers in perpetuity, in the interests of cementing and fostering the close and longstanding bonds of friendship and mutual respect existing between the Corps of Royal Engineers, Medway Council and its predecessor authorities.

In a rare act during the discussion, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Medway also spoke on the topic, which was dear to the hearts of many of the Councillors assembled.

I for one welcome the move, as a great recognition of the tremendous work that the Royal Engineers do and marking the first ten years of the Medway Unitary Authority.

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Merry Christmas Medway!
Posted by Alan Collins on Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 17:40

It seems that there is a joker amongst our citizens, going by the alias Festive Cheer.

Today I, along with at least three Medway Conservative Councillors, two other Conservative Campaigners, a Conservative Parliamentary Candidate and the three Medway Conservative Constituency offices, received an email from “festive” (merry.xmas.tories@hotmail.co.uk) with two links.

The first (http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1650057464) led us to a video of Cllrs Mrs Diane Chambers, Alan Jarrett, Rodney Chambers and Rehman Chishti dressed as elves and dancing to a very festive song.

The second (http://www.scroogeyourself.com/?id=1651457929) led us to a video of Cllrs Mrs Teresa Murray dressed as Scrooge, dancing to the same very festive song.

Both videos are well worth a look, but remember to turn your speakers on!

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“We thank you. We admire you. God bless you all.”
Posted by Alan Collins on Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at 14:27

The heartfelt words of Councillor Nick Brice were greeted with unanimous agreement across the council chamber as they debated Councillor Rodney Chambers’ motion supporting our Armed Forces on Thursday, November 22.

The motion’s text, which was agreed unanimously, as written in the agenda, is as follows: “Our armed forces are acting in the highest traditions of our nation in their conduct of operations overseas. Reservists and regular servicemen and women alike share the burden and risks and they do so in the most difficult of circumstances, with great pressure on manpower and other resources. On behalf of the people of Medway this Council wishes to express admiration at the bravery, endurance and professionalism of our servicemen and women, as well as the fortitude and quiet courage of their families at home in the United Kingdom.”

The response from members was overwhelming, and below I have decided to share as much of it with you as possible, interspersed with my personal opinions on some members’ comments.

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“We will never develop Capstone Valley”
Posted by Alan Collins on Friday, September 14th, 2007 at 13:07

MEDWAY’S Conservative Council has re-iterated it’s support for Capstone Valley following a damning rejection of Medway’s long-term regeneration plans by Government inspectors.

Yet more encouragement seems to have been thrust upon Medway Magna Ltd - the company wishing to build 9,250 houses on Capstone Valley, when Government inspectors discarded the plans as “unsound”.

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Round-up of the Medway Messenger’s main stories
Posted by Alan Collins on Monday, June 11th, 2007 at 16:38

Friday, June 8, 2007

Let him stay

The Medway Messenger leads today with the story of 19 year-old Husien Panahi from Rochester.

This Chatham Grammar School for Girls (Luton and Wayfield) student is facing deportation after the Home Office rejected his request to remain in this Country after the previous leave expired. An appeal decision will be made on June 28th.

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